Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18
DOWN BY THE SEA.
Rgws II AND AROUND H0RRoLK AND
PoRTsMoUrH.
Body Recovered Court Mattsrs-Ths Fam
lilies Of the Drowned Life.eavsrs-
Personal Notes.


tcorrespondonce Of the Richmond Dispach.l
NORFOLK, January II, 1887.
The body of Henry Outlaw, the tim
ber-getter who was lost in the Dismal
swamp near Lake Drummond, and
persisted by freezing, was found by q
searching party on Saturday morning,
and justice of Pleasant-G Grove district
held the necessary inquest. The body
was then forwarded to the family, in
Perquimans county, N. @. A drunken
spree cost the man his life.
A court-martial convened at the navy
yard this morning, with Captain W. II.
Bartlett as president, to try several me-
rines belonging to the yard barracks for
disobedience Of orders and drunken
ness.
The January term OF the United
States District Court commences to-
morrow morning with the trial OF adj
miralty cases. Mr.. George Nj. Bain's
case comes up on Thursday.
The officers of the Maratime Ex-
change in New York have sent here for
the names Of the destitute widows of
the brave life-savers who persisted at
the Elizabeth wreck and the number OF
destitute children, in order that a fund
collected for their relief may be equally
distributed. II is now stated that when
the bodies OF the seventeen Germans
washed ashore each one had on super
abundance of extra clothing, heavy
boots, oil jackets, ETC., which rendered
their escape from drowning in case OF
accident matter of impossibility.
Some of them had on several suits OF
clothing, which, when thoroughly satu-
rated with water, made life-preseryers
of little use.
The wrecking-steamers came up from
the wreck yesterday, having abandoned
it, and the ship is now slowly dropping
to pieces, and all her cargo of kainit is
lost. The steamers brought empty oil
barrels and all the material that could
be stripped from the ship.
Officials of the Navy Department i'll
Washington inform prominent Demo-
Gratis here that if there are any Repub-
leans employed i'll the maynard in
preference to Democrats, it is done by
the foremen of the different depart
ments, and they alone are responsible
for it.
Having completed the necessary re.
pairs to her steering the steam
er Ariel went out Oh her trip up James
river this morning as far as Jones's
wharf There is no ice in the Nanse-
mond river. The Fredericksburg
steamer Essex is still tied up here await
ing thaw in the Rappahannock river.
The Washington steamers also continue
tied up here.
The large grain elevator of the Nor
folk and Western road is ready for the
machinery to he put in.
Mrs. Joseph Spratley, who lost her
husband and two brothers by tn late
disaster on Virginia Beach, IS in the
city with her three children visiting
Mrs. w. H. Manly, relative, it being
thought prudent to remove her from the
scene of her trouble.
Judge A. p. White, agent of Adams
Express Company, who has been for
some time i'll at ST. Vincent's Hospital,
is able to he out to-day.
The Old Dominion Guard, of Ports
mouth, have ordered new uniforms from
Richmond house, to be ready for
their parade on the Odd This company
is also preparing to visit Washington.
Huskinaw Tribe, No. So, l. 0. r. NJ,
of Portsmouth, has called a meeting TO
disband on Wednesday night next.
Postmaster Glennan is now considered
ont Of danger. q.